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Microsoft: "It was simply an error"

In reaction to this weekends revelation that Microsoft filed a patent in October 2005 for an invention they knew had prior art, the software giant has filed an "express abandonment of the application" with the US Patent and Trademark Office USPTO according to Jason Matusow, Sr. Director of IP and...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Jason Matusow, Michael Kölling

Blog posts 2007-01-30

Microsoft copies BlueJ, admits it, then patents it

Microsoft copies BlueJ, admits it, then patents itPrior Art[i]The US patent system would have to be very broken indeed to award a patent here knowing that the idea was never MS's to begin with.[/i]That's not the USPTO's business. If the subject invention isn't already in their database, it's good...

Tags: government, Microsoft Corp., patent, BlueJ

Discussion threads 2007-01-29

Microsoft copies BlueJ, admits it, then patents it

Michael Kölling is pretty ticked off right now. What would upset a mild mannered professor at the University of Kent? How about someone willfully using his work without attribution, and then filing for a patent on it that could prevent him from using it himself?Kölling is one of the creators...

Tags: General, Eclipse, Java, Commercial, NetBeans, Patents, Community, Microsoft, Programming, BlueJ team, Michael Kölling

Blog posts 2007-01-29

Getting Started With the NetBeans IDE 5.0 BlueJ Edition

BlueJ is an Integrated Development Environment IDE specifically designed for teaching students object-oriented programming using the Java programming language. Although BlueJ covers the introductory phase of learning to program, the NetBeans IDE offers powerful tools for professional developers. The collaboration of the NetBeans IDE and BlueJ teams has resulted in...

Tags: IDE, Sun NetBeans, Development Environment, BlueJ, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2006-09-01

BlueJ (exe)

BlueJ is an integrated Java development environment developed specifically for introductory programming learning and teaching. It is ideal for small-scale development. BlueJ offers a very easy-to-use and highly interactive interface that allows the interactive creation and invocation of objects. Version 2.1.2 adds J2SE 5.0 support, new diagram look and handling...

Tags: BlueJ, Java, Java Development Tools, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools

Software downloads 2006-03-21

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Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pacts

Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pactsThat'll teach who? All the people that paid license fees to SCO?Has MS called all the people that paid extortion license fees to SCO in order to use Linux to see if they will be suckered again???And, MS bought Novel, they made is so sweet...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, BSD, Microsoft Corp., open source, Come-on Billy, open-source patent pact

Discussion threads 2007-05-14

Microsoft backpedals on programming patent

Microsoft backpedals on programming patentMicrosoft backpedals on programming patentIt's all good. Mistakes happen which is all it was in this case. Microsoft retracted its patent application and everyone is happy. Well everyone except Michael Kölling. Writing a full length blog crying about how he will be...

Tags: Web browsers, Blogging, Development tools, programming, patent system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-29

News to know: IE 8; Vista; Yahoo & Hillary

Notable headlines:Microsoft starts gathering IE 8.Adobe to send PDF to standards group. Adobe releasing PDF spec to ISO embracing the Open Web. Adobe statement. iTunes fertile new ground: PDFcasting. Microsoft copies BlueJ, admits it, then patents it.Open-source identity projects connect with Microsoft. IBM contributes ID software to open source security...

Tags: General, Microsoft Windows Vista

Blog posts 2007-01-29

NetBeans 6.0M3 vs. Eclipse 3.3M2

NetBeans 6.0M3 vs. Eclipse 3.3M2dynamic language support?How does dynamic language support line up in netbeans vs eclipse?jrubygroovyjython& more?criteria?I'd like to see a comparison of how productive developers are using the two IDEs. Just because one IDE may have more features and more companies in the community does not necessarily equate...

Tags: Java development tools, Programming languages, Sun NetBeans, Eclipse, Java

Discussion threads 2006-09-25